Octo for generative AI in Illustrator

AI generates the variation. The brand, the proof and the usage disclosure stay with you.

Illustrator generates icons, patterns and scenes from text, recolors artwork, fills in bleed and turns sketches into vectors, with models from Adobe and partners. Octo generates nothing by script: it organizes the request queue and the usage log, checks color against the palette, inspects the generated vector and reads the Content Credentials before delivery. Generating, choosing, approving and disclosing stay with people.

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Current version30.8August 2026, according to Adobe Help

Partner models listed6on the partner models page, September 2026

Credential on new content29.4+no longer added, except for imported artwork with a credential

Sources17listed at the end of the page

What Octo does around generative AI.

Six possible deliverables, drawn from the assessment. All of them happen before or after generation, none calls a generative feature, none changes Content Credentials, and all go to review by whoever is accountable for the piece.

Usage log per piece

Feature, model, summarized prompt, chosen variation, expected credential and who approved it, filled in from the generation history.

Deliverable: registro_uso_ia.csv

Brand palette in a file

Approved colors, forbidden colors and ΔE tolerance, approved by the brand owner and read by the check.

Deliverable: versioned paleta_marca.json

Checked color

Each color in the recolored SVG, the nearest brand color and the ΔE. An "almost the same" color becomes a number, not a debate.

Deliverable: conferir_paleta.py and check

Request queue, by hand

Icon requests in a queue worked by a person, one at a time; a request with someone else's brand or character is blocked.

Deliverable: pedidos_icones.csv

Inspected vector

Anchor points, colors, size, hidden raster images and live text in each generated SVG, against the library's limits.

Deliverable: inspecionar_svg_gerado.py

Credentials read, never touched

c2patool in read mode on every delivery file, cross-checked with the log. Nothing is signed, removed or rewritten.

Deliverable: conferir_credenciais.sh and report

Eight arms around generation, none in the designer's place.

The same Octo cycle, applied to generative AI in Illustrator. Each arm has a narrow role; generating, choosing, approving and disclosing are people's decisions.

Discovery
Surveys what's already in use

Which generative features, on which version, with which models, and what each contract says about AI.
Data
Writes the palette, queue and log

Brand palette, request queue and usage log in versioned files.
Security
Handles terms, key and data

Terms of use read, MCP server key kept out of the repository, personal data kept out of prompts.
Architecture
Separates what is allowed

Automation before and after generation; generating and choosing stay with the designer.
Development
Writes the checks

Palette, vector inspection and credential reading, with the source of each rule noted.
Review
Checks by content

Color against palette, anchor points against limit, credential against log. "Looks on-brand" is not a check.
Release
Prepares the delivery

Delivery folder with the checks; delivery and disclosure approved by people.
Documentation
Records what held

Version, feature, model and who approved each piece.

Octo does not generate artwork by script, remove credentials or disclose AI use on anyone's behalf. It measures, logs and points out what diverges.

Each task, its own feature and its own check.

The documented feature for each task and what gets checked afterward, with each one's limit.

Task	Feature	Check and limit
Color variations of the same artwork	Generative Recolor	Up to 5 guide colors; ΔE against the palette
Icon, scene or subject from text	Text to Vector Graphic	Up to 4 variations (1 with a partner); inspect anchor points and colors
Pattern for a background or print	Text to Pattern	Comes in as a swatch; color against palette
Fill in the bleed	Generative Expand (bleed)	3 variations and "Combine"; the printer checks the proof
Sketch that becomes an outline	Concept to Vector	Up to 8 presets; optional raster output, flagged by the inspection
Text-based adjustment to generated artwork	Prompt to Edit	Only artwork from Text to Vector Graphic or Turntable
Know what was made with AI	Generation history and log	Deleting from history is permanent
Many pieces per request in batch	None by script	Terms forbid unauthorized automation

From loose use to logged and checked use.

Three steps. Each one only makes sense after the previous one has shown results on your team.

A proposal, not a promise

1 Today

Log

Octo builds the usage log from the generation history of pieces in production, without changing how you generate.

Feature and model per piece
Who approved
Basis for disclosure to the client

Benefit: know, file by file, what involved AI

2 Next

Checks

Palette in a file, color checked, vector inspected before it enters the library.

Off-palette color becomes a number
Heavy icons stay out
Hidden raster shows up

Benefit: fewer variations sent back by the brand and the printer

3 Later

Disclosed delivery

Credentials read and cross-checked with the log on every delivery, with the disclosure made by a person.

Imported artwork with no log shows up
Nothing removed or rewritten
Beta features only with a written decision

Benefit: a delivery that answers the contract's question

Confirmed in a source.

Each point below has a source published by the vendor, the project or the responsible body. The sources are in the next section.

points with a published source, each with its reference shown alongside.

ConfirmedCredentials are no longer automatic: From 29.4 onward, new generative content does not receive Content Credentials, except when the file contains imported artwork with credentials, which are preserved.Source: Adobe Help, Illustrator generative AI FAQ (Jun 1, 2026)
ConfirmedMass scripting forbidden: The guidelines forbid unauthorized automated or scripted processes and removing or altering Content Credentials.Source: Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines (May 15, 2026)
ConfirmedPartners generate raster: Partner models generate a raster image that Illustrator converts to vector; they are premium and give 1 variation in Text to Vector Graphic.Source: Adobe Help, Partner models in Adobe Illustrator (Sep 10, 2026)
ConfirmedGemini 2.5 being retired: Google retires Gemini 2.5 (with Nano Banana) starting Oct 2, 2026; the apps begin removing the service on Sep 10.Source: Adobe Help, Partner models in Adobe products (Oct 23, 2026)
ConfirmedHistory with model and prompt: Hovering over a variation shows the model and prompt; deleting from history is permanent.Source: Adobe Help, Manage generated variations (May 7, 2026)
ConfirmedOpen credential reading: c2patool prints the manifest, a summary with --info and a tree with --tree; it reads SVG, PNG, JPEG and PDF.Source: c2patool documentation (Content Authenticity Initiative)
ConfirmedNames in the Portuguese interface: Generative Recolor (Edit > Edit Colors), Text to Vector Graphic (Generate Vectors button), Generative Shape Fill, Text to Pattern, Generative Expand, and a concept-to-vector feature.Source: Adobe Help (helpx.adobe.com)
ConfirmedMCP tools: The categories are documents and artboards, structure, layers, selection, art and text, and export, with no generative action.Source: Adobe Help, Work with Illustrator documents from AI tools (Aug 18, 2026)

What Octo does and what stays with you.

Octo prepares everything, but it does not sign. The document of record stays with whoever is accountable for it.

Octo prepares

Surveys, calculates, organizes and generates the documents: files, artboards, proofs and reports.

Deliverable: material ready to check

Your team checks

The client or the art director checks what Octo delivered before approving. If something doesn't add up, it goes back to Octo with the correction.

Step: review by the approver

Who approves

Octo does not approve the artwork. Artwork carries no legal signature: approval of the artwork and the proof stays with the client or the art director.

Approval: client or art director

Sources.

Illustrator Help pages on generative AI, partner models, AI Assistant and the MCP server, credits pages, Adobe's generative AI user guidelines and the c2patool documentation, consulted on Oct 31, 2026.

Generative AI FAQHelp; Content Credentials and 29.4
Partner models in IllustratorHelp; models and features
Generate scenes, subjects, and iconsHelp; Text to Vector Graphic
Generative RecolorHelp; up to 5 guide colors
Generate print bleedHelp; generated bleed
Concept to VectorHelp; sketch to vector
Manage generated variationsHelp; generation history
AI Assistant (beta)Help; credits since Oct 1, 2026
AI tools with Illustrator (Beta)Help; MCP server
What's new in IllustratorHelp; 30.8, August 2026
Creative Cloud generative AI featuresHelp; standard and premium
Partner models in Adobe productsHelp; vector credits, Gemini 2.5
Generative credits FAQHelp; credits and premium partners
Generative AI User GuidelinesAdobe; terms of use
c2patool, usage--info, -d, --tree
c2patool, formatsSVG, PNG, JPEG, PDF
C2PA specificationsIndex, up to 2.5

Generative AI in Illustrator, with a log, a check and disclosure made by people.

The assessment starts with the usage log of a delivery that has already gone out and a color check of a recolored piece. You get what was made with AI, what diverged from the palette and the questions only your team can answer, and you decide with that in hand.

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